Although he’s not 100%, everything indicates that Pedro Acosta will indeed race at the Thai Grand Prix, as the rider admitted to feeling much better physically. With no shoulder pain, except when touched, it remains to be seen how he will feel during the weekend, he clarified.
‘I’m feeling much better. I’ve had a few days of physiotherapy and a lot of things off the track but much better’ the GASGAS Tech3 rider began by saying, before explaining that he now has practically no pain except when touched: ‘I had a partial ligament rupture. Let’s say the shoulder goes in and out very violently and makes everything worse. I’ve improved a lot in the last few days, I don’t need surgery. The pain will be the limit according to the doctors, so let’s see. The good thing is that I can move it completely and without pain, it’s more if I touch it. It’s a race that can help us, so let’s see how the race will be and how we’ll manage it’.
When asked if the injury happened at a particularly bad time when he was taking steps in the right direction and growing, Acosta replied: ‘These things happen when they have to happen, we can’t change that. No injury comes at a good time. They said I would need a few weeks [for the shoulder to fully recover, not how many]. I feel good and I’ve improved a lot in the last few days’.
‘The problem in Australia is that I couldn’t even put my arm in certain positions, and Phillip Island is not the easiest track in the world when it comes to holding the bike. If it were in another situation I would try to race, like Jerez, but what we see in the last corners in Australia and how the conditions change […]. We need to be calm and see what happens’ he concluded.